Links
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Automatic writing | eG weekly | EducationGuardian.co.uk
Fascinating. Philip M Parker can generate a book automatically when someone orders it. I stumbled across one for sale on Amazon. (via Haddock)
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Tiny.swf
The little analogue clock from the new BBC homepage, all BIG. (via Alan Connor)
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GeeKyoto2008 - 17 May 2008
Just booked my ticket. Clever people getting together at the Conway Hall “to discuss the future and how we’ll live in it.”
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Infinity Data Systems | Odysseus
A successor to Eudora, an alternative to the Thunderbird-based one. Somewhat behind schedule, but one lives in hope.
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PhpRtf development blog » About PhpRtf Lite
Make RTF documents using PHP. Free, LGPL licensed. Guess which PHP to RTF code I’m trying first.
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Smart Systems - Created the RTFGen which is a RTF generator for PHP
Basic version is free, others run to hundreds or thousands of euros.
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The Fell Types - My Revival Fonts
Fonts derived from late 17th century printing.
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FPDF Library - PDF generator
Another PDF-generating PHP class.
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R&OS: pdf class
For making PDFs using PHP, as used by Dompdf.
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Dompdf - The PHP 5 HTML to PDF Converter
Uses CSS rules to style the PDF output I think (can’t get the demo to work…).
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Advanced Course - Spacelab 07/08 - The Fantastical
Photos from our class in which we made puppets and costumes on the theme of “the abyss”. (I haven’t finished anything for it yet.)
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Against go bag silliness « Adam Greenfield’s Speedbird
I’ve seen a few links fly by about making up emergency “go bags”. Adam Greenfield offers some less excitable advice from experience. (via ChrisDodo)
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Redland Green School Overspend - The Report | James Barlow
Nice deadpan assessment of an apparently poor report into the £6.4 million overspend on construction of a new Bristol school. (via the Bristol Blogger)
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Apartment Therapy New York | AT Europe: London Close-up - The Amazing Staircase
If we ever live somewhere that we can make a new flight of stairs in… (via Boing Boing)
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British Association for Performing Arts Medicine | BAPAM: health care for perfoming artists, musicians, dancers, actors
Specialist treatment for performers, including free health assessment clinics.
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Why We Banned Legos - Volume 21 No. 2 - Winter 2006 - Rethinking Schools Online
Interesting articles on how a class of children played with Lego and how the teachers attempted to help them structure the play fairly. (via Haddock)
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Gigantic.com - tickets for gigs, concerts and festivals
via ChrisDodo who says: “cheaper than the outrageous and shit seetickets”
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Time Out London’s Guide to the 50 Best Websites about London, including Blogs, History Sites, Going Out, Shopping and Communities - Features - London - Time Out London
Pepys’ Diary featured as one of 50 Best Websites About London.
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High-Design Bible Draws Attention - WSJ.com
A brief mention for Pepys’ Diary and a quote from me.
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Blogs Without the Links - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog
More press for Pepys’ Diary.
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Oxymoronic ‘Book of Blogs’ | Newsweek Books | Newsweek.com
Press for Pepys’ Diary.
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BBC drops Grange Hill | Media | guardian.co.uk
Damn. I’ve still been enjoying recent series, and the next one will be the last. I bet you it (and Top of the Pops) will be brought back by future BBC decision makers, like Dr Who was.
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SF - RM Williams Boots - Everything You Wanted to Know - Style Forum
I love this level of obsession about any subject, and this is a fine example.
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Breaking Through - New York Times
Just because I find it interesting what movies make a performer’s reputation, and in some cases makes it harder for them to different roles later. (via Kottke)
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How To Spot A Psychopath :: The Six Ugliest Space Lego Sets :: January :: 2008
Eesh, some nasty things there. Personally I was always dubious about Space Lego that wasn’t blue and grey. (via Blech)
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Cabinet Magazine Online - A Timeline of Timelines
A history of different timelines. (via Kevin Kelly)
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Smithsonian Magazine | Arts & Culture | Being Funny
Steve Martin on his early career and being funny without telling jokes.
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Impro (9 February, 2008, Interconnected)
Matt Webb’s notes on the ‘Masks and Trance’ chapter of Keith Johnstone’s book ‘Impro’.
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Ask Andy’s Clothing Fora - Ask Andy Forums
I’m getting a little too into reading this, particularly about shoes. Would like to find a UK version.